Country folk tend to like the independence offered by their cars, so how do you get them to use public transit? The Monocab system may be the answer, as it utilizes individual on-demand pods that travel on existing abandoned railways.
  • bluGill
    6•7 months ago

    In this case the rails are already there but unused.

    That is also several strike against this. Those rails exist but they are all in really bad shape as they were nearly universally used without maintenance until it was no longer feasible. They are also generally in bad areas where there isn’t much need for more transport - we already have roads in good shape (to run a bus on). The only thing this has over a bus is you can run them fully automated - which isn’t enough IMO.

    • CrimeDadAEnglish
      4•7 months ago

      I think part of what makes tracks unusable for regular trains is when the rails become too misaligned. Of course that isn’t an issue for a vehicle that only requires one rail. I kind of like this idea.